Nancy Manly, LPC

Nancy Manly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 21 years of experience helping people navigate hard seasons. She practices from Colorado and offers guidance for concerns such as anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and major life changes. Nancy aims to meet clients where they are and support steady progress toward clearer goals. Her style is warm, honest, and gentle. She centers clients' own knowledge about their lives while offering structured tools and practical steps. Sessions focus on developing skills for daily life - managing stress, improving sleep, setting boundaries, or coping with loss and caregiving demands. Nancy uses a mix of proven therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance-based work, and emotionally focused interventions to address thoughts, emotions, and relationships. The work often includes concrete exercises, communication practice, and short-term tools to reduce distress. She also brings attention to aging and geriatric issues, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns when needed. This includes supporting people facing change tied to health, dementia, or hospice situations and helping caregivers manage stress and role shifts. Nancy emphasizes collaboration and pacing therapy to fit each person’s circumstances. She helps clients set realistic goals and builds on small wins so change feels achievable. People who want steady, compassionate support and clear, practical strategies may find her approach helpful.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical exercises and behavior changes to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people better understand and express emotions in relationships and can help with intimacy and communication struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they will try strategies, adjust them, and pick what feels most helpful as therapy progresses.

Confirm session formats before booking so you know how appointments are arranged. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. It can also let sessions be shorter or moved around the day when work or caregiving demands change. Licensed professionals can guide practical exercises, teach coping skills, and use written or verbal worksheets effectively in a remote setting.